50 Cent Will Help You Nail Your Next Job Interview

We all know that a killer playlist can make a mediocre workout next-level, but, apparently, music can also help you land a job (holler!).

A paper called "The Music of Power," published in the August issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science found that listening to music can affect how you approach any situation (not just your workout)—including those at work.

By testing different songs and how subjects responded to them, the researchers were able to break the songs into “high-power” or “low-power” categories. Then, after listening to a specific playlist, participants had to decide whether they wanted to go first or second in a debate—those who listened to the high-power playlist chose to go first almost twice as often as those who’d listened to the low-power playlist.

The standout track in the high-power category? 50 Cent’s “In Da Club.” Add it to your playlist, STAT. Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready for This” are also guaranteed to pump you up. The common factor? The heavier the bass, the more effective the song.

“Just as professional athletes might put on empowering music before they take the field to get them in a powerful state of mind,” said Derek Rucker, one of the study’s authors. “Empowering music might be used strategically to get us in the right frame of mind.”